The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-17
CHAPTER CL.

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A Supplement to an act entitled can act to
incorporate trustees of religious socie-
ties" [Reyision], approved April ninth,
one thousand eight hundred and seven
ty-fve.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New Jer-
sey, That the board of directors of any
young mems christian association now ex-
isting or hereafter to be incorporated under
any law of this state, may elect eight or
more persons of whom no more than one
third shall be member of any one relig-
ious denomination, who, with the president
of the association, for the time being, shall
be and constitute a board of trustees of
the said ASSOCIATION, and shall be body
polite and corporate in law, by the name
of the trustees of the young mems christian
association of -, (the blank to be filled
according to the proper name of the ass).
clation), upon filing in the Office of the
clerk of the court of common pleas of the
county certified copy of the proceedings
of said election by the board of directors,
and the written acceptance of the said Of
fee by the persons so elected, signed by
their names, and acknowledged before any
officer authorized to take the acknowledge
ment of deeds within this state, and it
shall be the duty of the clerk of said
court to record the same Immediately, for
which he shall be entitled to receive one
dollar.
2. And he it enacted, That the said board
of trustees shall, by their said corporate
narae, be capable to acquire by purchase,
gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise,
and to hold any personal or real estate
or property for the uses of the id associa.
and with n hn hoo ri or
directors, the 81 me or any part thereof to
sell, grant, assign, mortgage, alien and
dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded; to make and use common
seal, and the same to alter or renew; and
to make bylaws and rules, not Inconsistent
with the laws of this state, for the manage
ment of its business and affairs, the con-
veping or holding of it's meetings, and the
election or appointment, POWERS, duties
and removal of its officers and agents,
an to alter, amend or repeal the same at
pleasure.
3. And be it enacted, That for the pur-
pose of perp atuAtlng line of succession
in the truste es of such association, when
ever vacancy shall occur in such board of
trustees, occasioned by the death or resig-
nation of any trustee or his moving out of
the limits of the said association, the same
shall be filled by majority vote OF the
remaining trustees electing to such vaeAnoy
some person who shall be a member in
good standing of protestant evangelical
church; provided, that at no time shall
mo Q than one-thlrd of the members of the
board of trustees, not including the presi-
dent of the association, be members Of any
one religions determination.
4. And be it enacted, hat the said trus-
tees at their first meeting shall elect one of
their own RuAber to be the president of
the board of trustees, who is hereby au-
thorized to convene the board as occasion
may require, and to preside at The meeting
thereon, and to execute, for and in the
name of the board OF trustees ali contracts,
deeds, leases, mortgages, and other lHstru
nents which shall be required to be exc
cuted by said board; and Ii case OF his alb
sence, sickness, death, resignation or mov
ing cut OF the limits OF the association, the
board OF trustees shall elect one of their
number to I'LL tia Office of president, tor
the time being, who shall occupy the same
until the disability of the president be re-
moved, or until the election of his success
sor, us the case may be.
5. And be it enacted, That the board OF
trustees shall lect or appoint, as soon after
their election as practicable, from their own
number, secretary and treasurer, and
mdy also appOluL SuCu Otn6r Objects or
sg, nts as the board of trustees may, from
time to time deem expedient; the proceed
ings, orders and acts of majority OF the
trustees for the time being, but not of
less number, shall be valid and effectual in
law.
6 And be it enacted, That the board of
trustees shall devote the properly held by
said board, real and personal, and the in
come thereof, to the purposes of the asso-
citation, and to no otner purpose whatso-
ever; and long as the board of directors
shall SO sxpend the same, the board OF
trustees shall pay over to the board of di-
rectors the income of the property, real and
personal, of the association; In the dis
charge of the duties of the board of trus-
tees 1t may, in It's discretion, constitute the
finance committee of the board of direc-
tors, its agents for the repair, renting and
collection of the rents of the property of
the association, or OF the property held by
the said board Of trustees Tor the use OF the
association.
z. And be lit enacted, That any such asso-
citation awaiting itself of the benefits of this
act, and having az that time property, real
or personal, shall convey aud assign the
same to the board of trustees const tuted
by authority OF this act, TO be held by the
said board Of trustees for the uses Of the